US: Statewide program to encourage potato production in West Virginia

State Agriculture Commissioner Walt Helmick is continuing to push a statewide program that encourages farmers to grow potatoes in West Virginia. The Department of Agriculture has committed a quarter of a million dollars to the program. Commissioner Helmick met with commercial buyers and wholesalers at G&G Nursery and Farm in Mason County Wednesday. The farm is one of several in western West Virginia counties participating in the pilot. More